[Laser] Strobe light communication

[smattila]

Tims's idea looks good. I played with
flash tubes, like the ones used in
stobes years ago. It is quite easy
to increase the pulse rate by putting
a smaller capacitor and more powerful,
stable power supply. However, when the
pulse energy goes below a certain limit,
the plasma discharge does no more fill
the whole tube, but becomes thing stream
like miniature lightning bolt.

Sakari Mattila, LPO Box 5080,
Canberra University, Bruce ACT 2617,
Australia  (tel. +61 408 533474 SMS)
>>>>>> smattila at ieee.org
http://www.canberra.edu.au/~sam

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Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 20:15:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Tim Toast <toasty256 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Laser] Strobe Light PSK and other modes
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Cc: toaster98 at hotmail.com
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Here's an idea I had about using strobe lights 
to communicate. It's probably not completely new 
since these things have been around so long. I 
know several on the list have mentioned using 
PSK via laser over the last year and how it lends 
itself well to square waves.

(CUT)

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Tim Toast
http://www.aladal.net/toast/